Very exciting to see the launch of the browser-based version of Rhapsody, which means that it can now be received on the Mac -- something that others are also excited about. It's not as slick as the client-side app, but it does the trick. If they could output the signal to Airport Express (which to my knowledge only supports iTunes as audio input), that would be the coup de grace. I believe the other music subscription services are also going to go this route and it makes sense. If I'm logging on from a friend's computer at their house, my music should follow me. In fact, I expect to have my music available to me on-demand from my cell phone (as long as I'm paying the carrier's data charges) and any other networked device that I own. Hopefully they'll get a bump in subs from Mac users that have been wanting for this.
Sean Ryan thinks they've raised the bar for the other services. I agree and I'm looking forward to using Websody.
You can send any audio (even, from, say, a web browser playing Rhapsody.com) to AirPort Express with Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil.
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/
(I am a happy customer of Rogue Amoeba, not an employee.)
Posted by: Johnathan | December 08, 2005 at 11:43 PM